River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-23
NORTHwEsTERN NEWS.

The Chicago Farmers Review of
this week in its crop report says that eight
winter wheat growing states report the av-
/ eTage condition of the crop SO per cent, and
seven counties in Wisconsin place the aver
age at % per cent: The condition of spring
wheat in the different states is as follows:
/ Wisconsin counties report an average con-
dition of 63 per cent. Seventeen counties in
I Iowa place the average at 81 per cent.
I Eleven Minnesota counties report an aver
age Of - per cent. Nine Nebraska counties
| place the average at 30 per cent, and six
counties in Dakota report an average of 80
per cent. The condition of the oat crop,
/ from drouth and insects, is everywhere be
low the average Corn prospects are first
class Hay and grass are short from drouth.
A special from Butte, Mont. states
that Friday afternoon, while workmen
were raising a brick building, owned by
}. II. Bowes, prominent furniture dealer,
the blocking gave way pIeclpitatlng the
building some ten feet 20 the ground,
where it went to pieces instantly and
killed Mrs BOwes, the only occupant. The
Northern Pacific is experiencing great
difficulty in repairing Mullane tunnel. 1t is
caving constantly Meanwhile they have
gone back to the old switchback route,
which is very expensive. Experts say the
tunnel wont be ready for travel inside of
thirty days.
The late Montana legislature passed
bounty law paying cents bounty of each
ground squirrel A dispatch from Helena
says that when the law went into effect
there was, in hard cash, IN the territorial
treasury, the sum of $4,000, since which
time $4,000 have been added, making a to
tai of $4,000, nearly every cent of which
has been wiped out by the bounty law. The
mountains and foot hills are full of these
4 =
IS very easy matter to capture them.
stout club being about all that is required
A spry ranchman's boy can easily earn s. or
81 per day knocking over squirrels. IL is es-
timated that by July l there will be no
money in the territorial treasury to pay the
bounty, nor is there likely to be any.
Hon. Alex Griggs, Abe Boynton and
n c. Smith, Dakota railroad commission
ers, have located station on the Milwau-
kee road between Andover and Langford,
where farmers complained the distance
was too far between stations. Jewett
Brothers, wholesale grocers entered COM
plant against the Milwaukee road for dis
crimins ton in rates. The prescntrate from
st. Paul is the same to points seventy and
eighty miles beyond as to this place. The
local distance tariff makes rates to these
points so high as to practically xiii jobbing
business here. Relief is asked.
There was a better feeling at all
points in the wheat market on the 10TH and
buying was resumed moderately. NO. l,
hard, cash, was quoted at st. Paul, 7218,
Duluth 12&, Minneapolis -. Only one
failure was reported at Chicago. The firm
of Grifiiths, Marshall 4 Co, wheat brokers
of Minneapolis and Duluth were forced to
suspend owing to the failure of Kershaw
a Co, of Chicago for whom they did bust
no Of those Vtnfufg The firm CpftlpH all
their trades, but were left without money
to 90 on and so announced their suspension.
The annual meeting Of the Grant
County, Mimi, Forestry association was
held at Herman on the 18th, and the follow
ing officers elected: President, 7. c. Hodg-
son; vice president, A. c. Belyea; secretary,
association was addressed by 7. II. Barrett,
T. {. HOdgson and Senator Tucson. The in
terest IN tree lanting was urged. The at
tendance was large.
At Madiscu. Wis, Sunday afternoon
President John Bascom, of the state uni
versity, preached his thirteenth annual
baccalaureate sermon to the graduating
class. as well as thousands of Others. He
leaves the university at the close OF the
present school year and goes to Williams
town. Mass, to reside. 2. c. Chamberlain
If Beloit succeeds 10 the presidency.
The annual excursion and picnic of
the employees of the Northern Pacific rail
road in Brainerd and vicinity took place
on the 18th, at Perham, Mimi. The ex-
cursi0n train consisted of fifteen passenger
coaches and three Baggage cars. carrying
nearly 1850 people, besides refreshments,
boats, etc. The full Brainerd City band
accompanied the excursionists.
Paddy Carroll went from Northern
Pacific Junction to Duluth, on Saturday,
got drunk and lay down TO sleep on the
railroad track and was run over and
killed by switch engine. he was p years
Of age.
Bids for the location of the next
Southern Dakota fair were received from